Ted Cruz Quotes

Without the political parties and the volunteering work of their members day in, day out, we would have a very different sort of politics and society.

Just by making a decision to stay out of politics, you are making the decision to allow others to shape politics and exert power over you. And if you are alienated from the current political system, then just by staying out of it, if you do nothing to change it, you simply entrench it.

You can’t win if you don’t play. The people who get involved in politics are more likely to get their way.

We want political power in our country for our philosophy of life. This means we've got to get involved more and more in politics.

A few people with a clear agenda can make a big difference in government.

Grass Roots Convention

You can get from a politician whatever you demand in this country. The great irony is that everybody complains about how it runs but not enough people direct their force and power directly at the politicians and make demands upon them. Ours is a system that abhors remoteness. If you're remote from this political system, it'll kill you.

The mythology is that political change happens only in election years. The truth is you build from election to election.

I want people to be mad as hell. Be mad as hell and work toward something. Find an issue and find a candidate that you believe in.

I think voting is the lowest form of political action that you can do. A lot of times, it keeps people from doing stronger things.

If you want to change things, politics is the best way to do that.

Canadians don't have a very big political lever, we're nice guys.

The Tea Party thing is only apt in some ways. The activism in the town halls, that looks superficially like it. But what the Tea Party did was, they went after the party, the Republican Party, as their vehicle. And parties is how you change history.

The Tea Party I have huge disagreements with, obviously. But I give them credit for having activated themselves. And they made a difference in terms of moving the Republican Party, in terms of moving the country in a particular direction. It's a direction I disagreed with. But it showed that, in fact, you get involved, if your voice is heard it has an impact.

I don't think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.

I am such a political person.

The Internet empowers individuals to play a more active role in the political process, as Obama's campaign has manifested.

Politics is an instrument that can transform society.

If we can take Harry Reid out, we can take our country back. I'm not here to preach to the choir. I'm here to organize the army.

I'm not a politician or political animal.

I call it small government, grass-roots activism: The Tea Party activists are a part of it, FreedomWorks is part of it. FreedomWorks is the longest-standing, most active organization within this movement.

I'm not in the business of politics.

In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution.

We are a grassroots party. We always have been. That's been the strength of the GOP.

If I went into politics, it's because I grew up in a political atmosphere.